Mongolia Resource List
Books
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- Five volume fictional account of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan's lives, by Conn Iggulden:
- Genghis: Birth of an Empire
- Genghis: Lords of the Bow
- Genghis: Bones of the Hills
- Khan: Empire of Silver
- Conqueror: A Novel of Kublai Khan
- Reindeer Herders in My Heart, by Sas Carey
- Under a Lucky Star - A Lifetime of Adventure, by Roy Chapman Andrews
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- Vanishing Cultures in Mongolia, by Jan Reynolds
- Tragic Spirits: shamans, Memory and Gender in Contemporary Mongolia, by Manduhai Buyandelger
- Bones of the Master: a Secret Journey to Mongolia, by Georgeane
- Mongolia Culture Smart, by Ala Sandar
- Mongolia Monologues by Joanne Nussbaum...kindle only
- Mongolian: Nomad Empire of the Eternal Blue Sky, by Carl Robinson
- Modern Mongolia, by Paula L W Sabloff
- Women of Mongolia, by Martha Avery
- Modern Mongolia from Khan to Commissars to Capiltalists, by Morris Rossabi
- Mongolia in the Twentieth Century, by Stephen Kotkin
- Live from Mongolia: From Wall Street bank to Mongolian News Anchor, by Patricia Sexton
- The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire, by Jack Weatherford, 2010, at (Amazon)
- Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford, 2005, (Amazon)
- Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia, by Louisa Waugh, 2003 (Amazon)
TV & Radio
Films (from International Movie Data Base (IMDB.com) – not reviewed, but look interesting – some available on Youtube, Amazon Video, Netflix – need to do a search on ones that you’d like to see)
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- Battsetseg: Mongol Queen – United World Wresting (http://youtu.be/z6RAZkvzON8)
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- Seoul Train, a documentary, DVD available from Netflix (not Mongolia, but recommended by Cathi)
- Voices from the Field: Five Mongolian Women http://youtu.be/lGXimFqnmXM
- Forgotten People of Mongolia http://youtu.be/slok18hLcoQ
- How I See Mongolia http://youtu.be/sALRh0bbhgc
- Welcome U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Jennifer Galt! http://youtu.be/GZG2MsJPlu0
- The Story of the Weeping Camel, (Netflix DVD)
- Mongol: The Rise of Gengis Khan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416044/?ref_=kw_li_tt - The Story of the Weeping Camel
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373861/?ref_=kw_li_tt - The Cave of the Yellow Dog
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432325/?ref_=kw_li_tt - The Horse Boy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333668/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Close to Eden
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103176/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Dinosaurs Alive
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1018886/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Khadak
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475241/?ref_=kw_li_tt - The Wrestler’s Second: The Story of Mongolia’s Sturggle with Yardargaa
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312182/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl - All the Wild Horses
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2636480/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Gengis Khan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179191/?ref_=kw_li_tt - The Falconer Sport of Kings
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3040098/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Kiran Over Mongolia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923753/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Mongolian Bling
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1634808/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Water, Ice, Snow
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3149446/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Mujaan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443591/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Hövsgol Nuur: Diving in the Land of Chingis Khan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1326227/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Mongolia: In the Shadow of Gengis Khan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720170/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Voices of Mongolia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935945/?ref_=kw_li_tt - Out of the Past
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430106/plotsummary?ref_=kw_pl - Gengis Khan: Rider of the Apocalypse
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456126/plotsummary?ref_=kw_pl
Articles
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- Ambassador Talks to the Mongolian Observer, Mongolia-USA Relations Have Been Elevated to Comprehensive Partnership, from the Embassy of Mongolia to the USA, Washington DC
- Mongolia’s Mangled Politics – How the Parliamentary Election Will Play Out By Morris Rossabi (before results article)
- Mongolian People’s Party wins 85% majority of 76 seats in State Great Kjural, 75% majority in Ulaanbaatar City Council takes 20 of 21 provincial legislatures, article by North America-Mongolia Business Council
- Mongolia’s Moment by Pico Iyer, Travel and Leisure Magazine
- Mongolia Election Unlikely to Advance Press Freedom, by Yaqiu Wang/ CPJ Northeast Asia Correspondent
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- "Regional Development Policy and the Role of the Younger Generation", article in the
UB Post: http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/?p=19342 - Mongolia is awash in media choices, with even a remote yurt hooked up to 60 channels – LA Times http://www.latimes.com/world/great-reads/la-fg-c1-mongolia-media-20150812-story.html
- Nomadic Expeditions Blog http://www.nomadicexpeditions.com/blog/?utm_source=February+2016+Newsletter&utm_campaign=February+Newsletter+&utm_medium=email
- Last of the Nomads: How Mongolian Culture May Change Drastically Within a Generation http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nina-wegner/last-of-the-nomads-how-mo_b_1404716.html
- Women’s Achievements 2015-2016 | The UB Post http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/?p=18731#comment-64077
- The UB Post | Mongolia’s leading English language news http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/
- Mongolia | Amnesty International https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/mongolia/
- Reports on Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – Embassy of the United States
http://mongolia.usembassy.gov/mobile//tip2013.html - Few Roads Leading to China Tell Tale of Mongolia Fears - Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-07-04/few-roads-leading-to-china-tell-a-tale-of-mongolia-s-trad - UN Women meeting in Beijing 2014 report
http://www.unwomen.org/~/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/csw/59/national_reviews/mongolia_review_beijing20.ashx - "Mongolia’s economy is soaring, but at what cost?", By Bill Donahue September 20, 2013 (Washington Post Article)